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Click here for details on the 3rd Annual Red Dawg
Affair
Don't miss the
Third Annual Red
Dawg Affair presented by Dominion and hosted to honor the memory
of Dr. Conrad McAllister, in support of the Massey Cancer Center at VCU.
The event takes place Sat., Feb. 24 at the Renaissance Center in downtown
Richmond.
The evening includes includes heavy hors
d'oeuvres, cocktails, a silent auction, raffle, live bachelor auction (click
here for bachelors and auction items), local celebrities, and live music
by Baby Huey and the Babysitters.
Auction items will include pieces donated
by local artists, special travel packages, products and services donated by
local businesses and private donors.
Click here for more information and tickets
The
Virginia Aviation Museum welcomes
Tuskegee Airmen Tuesday, Feb. 20 and Thursday, Feb. 22 at 9:30 and 11am. $6
adults; $4 youth. Richmond International
Airport. 804-236-3622.
http://www.vam.smv.org
Meet two of
the original Tuskegee Airmen, retired Army Lt. Col. Francis L. Horne Sr. and
retired Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Grant S. Williams Sr., as they tell their
stories.
Black Wings
takes place
Wednesday,
Feb. 21 and Friday, Feb. 23 at
9:30 and 11am.
This 50-minute presentation includes tributes to the first African-American
combat pilot, Eugene Jacques Bullard, who flew during World War I. The program
also introduces you to Bessie Coleman. She was the first African-American woman
to fly a plane, and she was the first African-American to earn an international
pilot’s license.
Randolph Macon has opened the exhibit
“Artists and Writers” at the Flippo Gallery. 804-752-3018.
http://www.rmc.edu
Artists and Writers promises to be an
insightful exhibition addressing the interdependence between written or spoken
language and visual imagery. Pairs of artists and writers will collaborate to
create exceptional works in combination with great literary and musical prose.
Contributing artists and writers include sculptor Carole Garmon and poet Claudia
Emerson; artist Dawn Latane and writer David Latane; sculptor Allison Andrews
and musician Julia Dooley; artist Brad Birchett and writer Stacie Birchett; and
writer Susan Hankla and artist Jack Glover.
Poetic Principles takes place at the
Virginia Museum with Robert Richardson Wed, Feb 21 at 6pm. $6. 2800 Grove Ave.
804-340-1400.
http://www.vmfa.state.va.us
Robert Richardson is a distinguished
scholar and the author of Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind and
Emerson: The Mind on Fire. His next book, William James: In the Maelstrom
of American Modernism, will appear from Houghton Mifflin this fall. Among
his many honors, he is the recipient of the Francis Parkman Prize and the
Melcher Book Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle
award.
The Virginia Historical Society presents
the lecture “Telling Our Stories: School Desegregation in Western Virginia”
Thursday, February 22 at noon. 428 North Boulevard. 804.358.4901.
http://www.vahistorical.org
In 1954 the Supreme Court held in Brown
v. Board of Education that segregation by race in public schools was
unconstitutional. In subsequent years, the course of integration followed a slow
and varied path. The unfolding of that experience in the schools of western
Virginia, particularly as related through oral history interviews, is the
special focus of research by Theodore C. DeLaney. Dr. DeLaney is associate
professor of history and director of the African American Studies Program at
Washington and Lee University.
The 18th Annual Maymont Flower & Garden
Show takes place at the Convention Center February 22-25. 400 East Marshall
Street
Thursday-Saturday:
9am-8pm
Sunday: 9am-4pm
Now to be produced by the New Jersey-based company MAC
Events, the 18th annual Maymont Flower & Garden Show will continue to
delight gardeners and anyone who wants to see brilliant, blooming landscapes in
the middle of winter. The show features full-scale landscape exhibits, a speaker
series, the Great Garden Marketplace and associated shows. A portion of the
proceeds will benefit the Maymont Foundation, and Maymont will continue to
participate with the Maymont Shop and unusual plant sale booths. For show
information, call MAC Events at 800-332-3976 or click
here.
http://www.maymont.org/events/annualDetail.asp?event=1
Show Details from MAC Events
ARTWORKS hosts
Forth Fridays February 23 from 7–10pm. Meet the artists and enjoy live music as
well as dance by To the Earth – Tribal/Fusion Dance. Shows run through March 18.
804.291.1400. 320 Hull St.
www.artworksrichmond.com
The 2007 Eggstravaganza Egg Art
Richmond artists created art in the form
of eggs for the 2007 Easter Seal Eggstravaganza. Awards will be presented for
“Best Egg” and more. The eggs will incubate at Art Works for two weeks until
they are transported to William Jeffrey Jewelers for a preview party. They will
finally hatch at the Easter Seals Eggstravaganza auction, March 24th at the
Children’s Museum. This is the 3rd year that Art Works and Richmond artists
donated their time, talent and energy to support Camp Easter Seals 2007!
February All Media Show
This juried art show features many artists from Richmond and Virginia.
There is Hope for Us All by Greig Leach
Paintings
Greig Leach is the juror and will give a gallery talk at 7:30.
Blind Trust
Ishina presents a special solo show in the Centre Galley East.
Totally Distracted by Diane Clement
by Diane Clement in the Skylight Gallery
Abandon All Hope
Artist Steven X presents a 21st Century viewpoint of Dante’s Inferno.
Digital Composite by Steven X.
Recent Works of Mandy Musclerat
Lamp Lady by Mandy Musclerat
Artspace hosts Fourth Fridays February
23 from 7-10pm. Free. Shown through March 18. Zero East 4th Street.
804-232-6464.
www.artspacegallery.net
Irving Aronowitz,"Playing with the
Abstract"
Ken Morgan, "Multiple Page Drawings"
Jerry Leal, "Abstraction",
The Virginia Museum hosts “Modes For
Milt: Exploring the Music of Milt Jackson and the MJQ” with the Russell Wilson
Jazz Ensemble
Sat, Feb 24 at 7pm. $10. Tickets: $10 (museum members and Richmond Jazz Society
members $8); Ticket Desk, 804.340.1405
The Russell Wilson Jazz Ensemble
revisits the dynamic and rhythmically complex sound of Milt Jackson and the
Modern Jazz Quartet, possibly the most successful ensemble in the history of
jazz.
The Museum of the Confederacy hosts a
symposium entitled “The Answers They Were Born to Make: Choosing Sides in the
Civil War” Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Library of Virginia from 9:30am-4pm. $45
(includes lunch); reservations required.
mailto:llipscomb@moc.org or 804-649-1861.
When Robert E. Lee resigned his
commission from the U.S. Army in April 1861 and cast his lot with his native
state, it was, observed his biographer Douglas Southall Freeman, “the answer he
was born to make.” The bicentennial of Lee’s birth in 2007 provides an
opportunity to examine the often-agonizing decisions that Southern American
military and political leaders had to make about their loyalties. Co-sponsored
and hosted by The Library of Virginia, the 2007 symposium will feature
presentations by Emory M. Thomas on Robert E. Lee; William C. Davis on U.S.
Vice-President and Confederate general John C. Breckinridge; Craig L. Symonds on
naval officers Capt. Franklin Buchanan and Capt. David G. Farragut; Brian Steele
Wills on Gen. George H. Thomas; and a panel discussion about the importance of
Robert E. Lee’s 1861 decision.
http://www.moc.org
The Virginia Center for Architecture
hosts the tour “The House That Pope Built” Sat., Feb. 24 at 2pm. $10 adults; $5
children, seniors, and students (with ID). Limited attendance. 2501 Monument
Avenue. 804.644.3041, ext. 203.
http://www.virginiaarchitecture.org
Join architectural historian Chris
Novelli and see all levels of the Center’s 27,000 square feet, emphasizing both
its architecture and its rich history. The house was built to serve as a winter
residence for financier John Kerr Branch and his family as well as to provide a
setting for their collection of Renaissance antiquities. Today the house has
been fully renovated to become one of the country’s few architecture museums.
The
Virginia War Memorial presents “Marine Comfort Quilts”
Sat., February 24 from 9am-4pm.
Come to the Memorial to see volunteers
assemble quilts being sewn for families of those Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Massey Cancer Center hosts MOSIAC OF
HOPE Sun., Feb. 25 from 3-6pm at Work of Art. 4668 Commonwealth Center Parkway
near Brandermill. 804-827-0642
Mosaic of Hope is a new project
sponsored by the Massey Alliance.
Patients being treated with bone marrow transplants can personalize tiles that
will be displayed on the unit. The collection of painted tiles will share
experiences of past patients and let patients beginning treatment know that
others have taken a similar journey.
Come out to Work of Art studio for a fun
afternoon -- paint a tile if you'd like and enjoy beverages and snacks with
other members.
The Virginia Museum concludes Art After
Hours Thursdays, Feb. 22 from 6-9pm. $10. 804.340.1405.
The popular wintertime
mingling-and-music series has become the traditional way many Richmonders get a
head start on their weekends in the dark winter months. Every Art After Hours
features live blues and soul music, art tours, poetry readings, light supper,
wine tastings, specialty beers and cocktails and a silent auction of art by
regional and national artists.
Enter the weekly drawing for a $50 Gift
Certificate - Dinner for Two at Can Can Brasserie, sponsored by Can Can
Brasserie!
February 22
MUSIC: Mo Debree with soulful, gritty
blues
WINE, BEER AND SPECIALTY COCKTAILS: Rieslings and American microbrews, along
with specialty cocktails from our expert mixologists
6:30 & 7 pm POETRY:
Tara Moyle
7 & 7:30 pm TOUR: Enjoy a special 20-minute tour titled "Sloth"
8 pm ART MOMENT: Ten minutes VMFA's Paul Mellon Collection educator Jeffrey
Allison
The Friends of Art, a VMFA support group, will hold a silent auction of
works donated by regional and national artists each Thursday evening. Proceeds
will benefit FOA's contribution to the publication of a catalogue of VMFA's
Modern and Contemporary collection.
Additional information and a look at the art in the silent auction.
The Friends of Art 3rd Annual Silent Art
Auction takes place in conjunction with Art After Hours at the Virginia Museum
every Thursday from January 11-February 22.
Buy art for your home or office at
Art After Hours this winter and proceeds will fund the publication of a
catalogue for the Lewis Collection of Contemporary Art at VMFA. The auction will
showcase many talented local and regional artists, many will be on hand to
discuss their work. Auction winners can take home their art that evening!
http://www.vmfa.museum/foa.html#auction
Preview this week’s items -
http://www.vmfa.museum/foa_auction.html
Spend An Afternoon Celebrating the Art
of Playwright August Wilson with d.l. Hopkins, actor/poet, at the Virginia
Museum Sun, Feb 25 at 3pm. $10. Limited seating. 2800 Grove Ave. 804-340-1400.
http://www.vmfa.state.va.us
Celebrate the art and artistry of noted
playwright August Wilson with readings by award-winning actor/poet d.l. Hopkins,
one of the fathers of the Richmond Spoken Word movement.
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Uptown Gallery presents “Flowers Parks and Rivers”
featuring artists Dick Burleson and Blanton Seward showing photography and oils
beginning February 27. Opening reception Friday March 2 from 5-8pm. Closing
reception April 6 from 5-8pm. 1305 W. Main. 804-353-8343.
The Black History Museum Exhibition: “Chester Higgins, Jr.
Invoking the Spirit: Worship Traditions in the African World” closes Feb. 28. 00
Clay Street. 804-780-9093.
http://www.blackhistorymuseum.org
The product of more than twenty-five years of travel and
research by New York Times photojournalist Chester Higgins, Jr., this
photography exhibition explores worship practices across ethnic, national,
cultural, and religious boundaries throughout the African world and documents
the vitality and diversity of the global African religious experience.
Take a Gallery Walk at the Virginia Historical Society of
“Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend” Wednesday, February 28 at noon with William M.
S. Rasmussen. 428 North Boulevard. 804.358.4901.
http://www.vahistorical.org
Current exhibition
One of the finest collections of English silver in the
world will appear in a new gallery opening Wed, Feb 28, at the Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts. 2800 Grove Ave. 804-340-1400.
http://www.vmfa.state.va.us
The gallery, Noble Silver: The Jerome and Rita Gans
Collection of English Silver at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, presents
outstanding pieces made by the greatest silversmiths of the 18th and 19th
centuries, most notably Paul de Lamerie and Paul Storr, and commissioned by the
renowned silver retailer Robert Garrard.
An exciting addition of 16 pieces, recently given to the
museum by Mrs. Gans, will also be installed in the new gallery, which will
present the Gans silver in an entirely new light. The gift extends the
chronological range of the collection and secures VMFA’s position as a
destination for the study and appreciation of English silver, according to
Ellenor M. Alcorn, VMFA’s Consulting Curator for the Gans Collection.
The collection, now numbering 103 objects, was formed by
New Yorkers Jerome and Rita Gans between the mid 1960s and the mid 1990s. The
couple lent it to the museum in 1988, and Mrs. Gans gave the collection to VMFA
in 1996 following her husband’s death.
Since then, she has made additional gifts, most notably a
rosewater dish and pair of ewers that have an unbroken provenance from their
creation in London in 1699 for Anthony Grey, the 11th Earl of Kent. The dish and
ewers were marked by Benjamin Pyne (active 1693-1727), a leading silversmith in
the late 16th and early 17th centuries who also worked for Britain’s Queen Anne
and King George I.
More info -
http://www.vmfa.museum/gans_reopens.html
The “One Cause” photography exhibit
is on display at Second Glances Photography. 21st and
East Main St. 804-783-6121.
http://www.secondglancesphoto.com
Exhibit will be held in the honor of the
late Matthew Hoeltje. Works will be sold to benefit his two children, Brett and
Taylor. Artists have agreed to donate up to five pieces of their work for sale,
with the proceeds going toward a trust fund for Mr. Hoeltje’s children.
Some of the artists that have donated their work and will be attending
the opening are:
Joyce Tenneson: American Photo Magazine considers her “one of the most
influential women in the history of photography”. She was also awarded
“Photographer of the Year” by the international organization, “Women in
Photography”. She has photographed covers for Time, Life, Entertainment Weekly,
Newsweek, Premiere, Esquire, and the New York Times.
Jock Sturges: Has collections in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art – NY, The Museum of Modern Art – NY, The Bibliotheque
Nationale – Paris, Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art, and The San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art and has at least five books currently in print.
Matthew Dols: Has collections in The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Corcoran Gallery of Art and the UNC Wilmington
Library Collection. He has shot for Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, and U.S.
News & World Report.
Other artists that have donated work and
plan on attending the opening are Michael Barolet, William Atkins, Paige Carr,
Devon Johnson, and David Allison.
The Best of R-MC Study Abroad in Photos
will be revealed Fri., Feb. 16 at the McGraw Page Library. Runs through May 11.
Interested in exploring open-air markets in Ghana? Hiking glaciers in New
Zealand? Uncovering ancient castles in Spain? Many of these intangibles can be
difficult to articulate, but as the cliché states, “A picture is worth a
thousand words.” In taking the time to enjoy this exhibit, visitors clearly will
see R-MC students have a lot to say as they showcase photographs of their study
abroad explorations and adventures across the globe.
Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend is open at
the Virginia Historical Society. 428 North Boulevard.
804.358.4901.
http://www.vahistorical.org
This exhibition examines the life and
legend of one of the most beloved and famous of all Virginians—Pocahontas.
Despite the familiarity of the Pocahontas story, many questions remain today
about this eye-witness to the convergence of two disparate cultures. It must be
remembered that what we know of her has been lifted from the narratives of
English males, all of whom brought their particular fantasies and prejudices to
bear on their representations of the New World and its people.
Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend will
evaluate both her life and the jarring interaction between cultures that gave it
meaning. Presented during the anniversary year of the founding of Jamestown, the
exhibition will feature more than 60 objects, including paintings, prints,
drawings, photographs, sculpture, artifacts, books, manuscripts, broadsides, and
sheet music. Runs through June 24.
More -
http://www.vahistorical.org/exhibits/exhibits_upcoming.htm
Chop Suey Books displays "Drawling,
Stretching, and Fainting in Coils," an exhibition of new paintings by Sheryl
Humphrey. 1317 W. Cary St. 804-497-4705.
www.chopsueybooks.com
The paintings in this show all draw
influence from the Alice stories of Lewis Carroll.
“In the Garden” is on display at Stir
Crazy Gallery. See 30 Epson Photo prints by Floyd M Herdrich. 4015 MacArthur
Ave. 804-864-0264.
Coral Reef Adventure is open at the IMAX
Dome at the Science Museum of Virginia. $8.50 adults; children 3 and under are
free. Advance tickets are available online or by calling (804) 864-1400 or
1-800-659-1727. Press 5 to purchase your tickets. 2500 West Broad St.
804-864-1400.
http://www.smv.org
The Halls have been diving coral reefs
for three decades. In recent years they have seen diving spots decline. Now they
are ready to share their favorite spots in the south Pacific. See a tiny shrimp
that wants to get a bite to eat from a diver’s mouth. Dive way down to the reefs
of an area called The Twilight Zone. Few others have been there. Ride a fast
current through coral canyons. Some of the scenery is beautiful and filled with
life. Other areas introduce you to vast stretches of bleached coral bone yards.
See film shot 370 feet below the surface of the ocean, setting a new depth
record for an IMAX camera.
Along the way you and the Halls meet
scientists and conservationists working to understand and save the reefs. Dive
guide Rusi Vulakoro takes you to both pristine and damaged reefs in Fiji. Dive
with explorer, environmentalist and ocean advocate Jean-Michal Cousteau. Join
Howard Hall and self-described fish-nerd Richard Pyle as they dive to a
dangerous 350 feet. In Tahiti, you meet a local chapter of Reef Check. Discover
why finding 300 sharks is good news for the ecosystem.
Tickets & schedule -
http://www.smv.org/nowshowing/IMAXDome/
The Virginia Center for Architecture
presents “Growing Country, Growing Needs: Federal Architecture and Art” through
May 27. 2501 Monument Avenue. 804.644.3041, ext. 203.
http://www.virginiaarchitecture.org
Throughout the past decade, the Design
Excellence Program of the U.S. General Services Administration has been changing
the image of government with an innovative process for the selection of
architects and their designs for new federal buildings. With the construction of
the new federal courthouse along Broad Street in downtown Richmond, this
trend-setting program is seeing its first impact in Virginia's capital city.
From U.S. courthouses to border
stations, some of America's best-known architects are designing federal
buildings with stunning results. This one-time exhibition will showcase the new
Richmond courthouse, a series of new U.S. border stations, and a selection of
other federal Design Excellence Program projects that illustrate the
government's goal to commission inspiring, contemporary civic architecture that
reflects and promotes American ideals. The exhibition will be augmented by the
story of the Fine Arts Collection that has been integral to the design of
federal buildings.
Gallery5 hosts "A Separate Piece" An
All-Sculpture Exhibition. 200 W. Marshall St. 804-644-0005.
http://www.gallery5arts.com
Featuring the works of: Adam Caldwell,
Terry Wolfe, Malcolm Majer, Andreas Rittmeyer and others and music by Opening
Flower Happy Bird, The Hotdamns, and Rattlemouth.
Click here for more info -
http://www.gallery5arts.com
Visual Art Studio presents “Andean
Traditions in Ecuador”. 208 West Broad St. 804-644-1368.
www.visualartstudio.org
Andean Traditions in Ecuador
"The central theme of my paintings is the human being and I always seek the way
to reflect his positive side. In this Andean theme I have placed special
emphasis on showing what for me is the essence of the Indigenous Ecuadorian. Its
millenary culture, its roots inherited from generation to generation, its
wisdom, its sublime respect for the Mother Land ( Pacha Mama ), its spiritual
richness and nobility have inspired me to present through my paintings this
entity with dignity and possessor of a ancestral pride.
www.firstfridaysrichmond.com www.secondsaturdaysrichmond.com
art6 Gallery presents new exhibits. 6 East
Broad St. 804-343-1406.
www.art6.org
LARGE GALLERY:
"Replacements: Smoke on Paper" by Rob Tarbell
Rob Tarbell has been very prolific. In addition
to his one-person show at the expansive art6 space, he also has a one person
show coming up in August at Artspace Gallery, as well as participating in group
shows presently or soon at ADA Gallery, Piedmont Virginia Community College
Gallery, and the Urban Institute of Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
He is an instructor of Art at Va. Commonwealth
University and recently won a Drawing Award at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center
2006 Biennial.
SMALL GALLERY:
"Arabesque Fusion" by Henrietta Near
Henrietta Near is a very well known local
artist and co-founder of Artspace and Art6 Galleries. She first studied at the
Hartford Art School at the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Conn. Further
studies were at Wellesley College (where she studied under Hyman Bloom) and the
Cincinnati Art Academy, Cincinnati, Ohio. One of her media is silkscreen
printing which she taught at the Virginia Museum for 9 years. For the last 7
years she has worked in black and white photography and assemblage.
Her work is in the permanent collections of the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Philip Morris, Federal Reserve Bank, E.R.
Carpenter Co., Reader's Digest Association, Randolph Macon College, and Virginia
Wesleyan College.
The Gallery of Art &
Design displays “On the Cusp”. 804.355.0102 or
andrea@the-gallery.it. 16 S Dooley Ave.
www.the-gallery.it
See
an exhibition of works by internationally
renowned Armenian artists Alek Alekian and Ashot Khachkalian.
Discovered working as street artists in
Moscow in 1993, both artists fled to Russia in the 1990’s from the constant
conflicts plaguing their native land. Early works, which are now quite rare,
were painted on the backs of calendars, wood scraps and cardboard. Enduring
countless hardships, the artists persevered, improvising through handmade paints
and brushes and working on found materials. Though the paintings are quite
different stylistically, symbolism and allegory abound in the expressive
canvases of these two extremely talented artists, both of whom have made
significant contributions to the development and enrichment of Armenian culture
across the world.
Uptown Gallery presents “How Far the
Ties of Blood? Artistic Visions through Five Generations”, which features the
work of Emma Lou Marchant Martin, Susan Singer, Sarah Abernathie and seven other
members from five generations of their family. 1305 W Main St. 804-353-8343.
http://www.uptownartgallery.com/
A museum exhibit of
artifacts from a colonial-era ship used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade kicks
off University of Richmond’s year-long participation in Virginia’s Jamestown
2007 commemoration. 804-289-8276.
www.richmond.edu/jamestown2007
An official Jamestown 2007
partner, the university will present an array of educational, cultural and
historical offerings as part of the historic celebration. Events and programs
will include conferences, art exhibitions, historical displays, musical
performances, lectures and more—many of which are free and open to the
public.
“A Slave Ship Speaks: The
Wreck of the Henrietta Marie” will be presented at the University of Richmond’s
Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art through May 18. Admission is free and open
to the public.
The Henrietta Marie, a
British merchant vessel, sank off Key West May 18, 1700, after delivering some
300 slaves worth $400,000 in today’s money to Port Royal, Jamaica. The largest
slave ship excavated, it is the world’s largest source of tangible objects from
the early years of the slave trade.
Chief Justice John Roberts
Jr., several present and former U.S. Supreme Court justices, British law lords,
leading Virginia legal figures and scholars from around the country will
participate in a symposium, “The Rule of Law in Democracies,” April 11–13 at the
School of Law. The Jepson School of Leadership Studies plans a symposium on “The
Leadership of Discovery” for September.
Ginter Gallery II presents “Michael
McCurdy: Words into Images” at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden through February
25. 804-262-9887.
http://www.lewisginter.org
This exhibition features a selection of
31 original wood engravings created by Michael McCurdy for 2 books: My First
Summer in the Sierra by John Muir and The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono.
Each of these books, written by different authors from different countries,
centers on man's relationship with the natural world. McCurdy's visually rich
images complement each book. For Muir's descriptions of his first encounters
with the sublime High Sierra, McCurdy uses a bold graphic style.
Art Works – 804-291-1400.
www.artworksrichmond.com
January All Media Show with works by Virginia artists
"Clay to the Power of 4" - ceramics by Matt Cross, Brett Bushnell and Glenda
Kotchish
"At Water's Edge" - photography by Yvonne Humphries
"The Feel of Color -- Abstracts by Marge Matheson" - paintings by Marge Matheson
"Destination" - photography by Kristin Martin
"Aquarium Art" - works by Ernest Johnson
Artspace - 804-232-6464.
www.artspacegallery.org
"Traversed Light" - photography by Douglas Barkey
"A Bridge Hidden by Fog" - photography by Kitty Johnson
"Right Here, Right Now" - recent works by Jessica Sims
Project Space Gallery
hosts "Where are you going, where are you from?" with works by Rosemary Kate
Jesionowski. 0 E. Fourth St. 804-564-4998.
12 12 Gallery presents its exhibits. 12 E. 12th St.
804-233-9957.
www.1212galleryrichmond.com
"Driven to Abstraction" with works by Diane Clement
"Stoned" features photographs of Ireland by Lynn Limon
"Fixtureland" has photographs by Martin McFadden
“Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey” is open at the Science Museum IMAX
Dome.
Parade down the streets of Brazil with Timbalada drummers
during the world-famous Carnival. Listen as a Japanese Kodo drummer performs a
rigorous routine he has trained for years to perfect. Catch the sights and
sounds of a parade celebrating Hindu deities in India. See how Native Americans
in the United States pass history and traditions from generation to generation.
Discover how rhythm and movement link different cultures, locations and music
groups together.
Pulse takes you on a global tour with the stage show Stomp.
Meet Keith Middleton — also known as Wild Child — and Fraser Morrison. These
long-time Stomp performers are your guides. Visit grand landscapes and cultural
celebrations in Brazil, South Africa, Spain, England, Japan, India, the United
States and various countries in Africa. Learn how people from around the world
use music and dance in their culture, customs and traditions.
Hear the powerful beating of the djembe drum played by a
group of master drummers in West Africa. Travel to Spain and watch as a flamenco
dancer stamps out a vigorous performance. See the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert
perform rhythmic music they believe can heal their community. Pulse has been
filmed live on location.
The Spotlight Gallery hosts the exhibit
"African-American Art: Images of the Past, Present and Future" through March 16
at the Pine Camp Cultural Arts and Community Center. Free. 4901 Old Brook Road.
804-646-3674.
Curated by Dennis Winston, the exhibit
will explore the diversity among African-American artists, their materials and
their connections to the past, present and future. Artist statements will define
how personal experiences, history, philosophy, or working methods have
influenced each artist's development in the context of being an African American
artist.
In addition, an Artist's Forum,
featuring a panel of artist from the exhibition, will be held at 6 p.m. in the
theater at Pine Camp. Sylvio Lynch will moderate as the artists discuss their
work and explore the question, "What is African-American Art?"
The John Smith Shallop Replica comes to
the Science Museum of Virginia through March 26. 2500 West Broad St.
804-864-1400.
http://www.smv.org
It’s June 2, 1608. You and 14 other
Englishmen board a small open boat to explore the Chesapeake Bay. Your mission
is fourfold — locate an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean, find precious
minerals, gather information about the region’s inhabitants and create a map to
help the Virginia Company of London consolidate English claims to the region.
Along the way you encounter sickness, Native Americans — some friendly, some not
— and an ecosystem filled with fish, grass beds and oyster bars so large they
pose navigational hazards.
Your boat — known as a shallop or barge
— is between 25 and 35 feet long. In it you sail and row 1,700 miles over three
months. Examine a replica of the small boat when the John Smith Shallop —also
known as Discovery Barge.
The replica is 28 feet, seven inches
long. With the rigging up, it is 29 feet, 7 inches high. Almost immediately you
see that the boat is in two pieces. That is because small boats of that time
were made in two pieces so they would fit inside larger boats crossing the
ocean. They were put together when the crew was ready to set sail. The replica
will be put together days after it leaves the Science Museum in preparation for
in-water displays and a recreation of Smith’s Chesapeake voyage.
Trace Smith’s historic voyage at an
accompanying exhibit. It guides you through the two sections of the trip. If
you’re wondering about Pocahontas, you discover the Chesapeake exploration
happens six months after Smith meets Chief Powhatan and possibly is spared by
the chief’s daughter Pocahontas. Historians today still hotly debate the
accuracy of the Pocahontas story.
The exhibit describes Smith’s encounters
with Native Americans and introduces you to tribes with names including
Kuskarawaok or Nanticoke, Massawomeck, Tockwogh and Susquehannock. It tells you
how Stingray Point got its name and illustrates how different the region was
from what you see today.
Reynolds Gallery displays Lois Dodd’s
oil paintings. Runs through Feb. 17. 1514 W. Main St. 804-355-6553.
1708 Gallery presents "Drift" with works
by Ledelle Moe and Greg Streak. Continues through Feb. 24. 319 W. Broad St.
804-643-1708.
www.1708gallery.org
Myth & Memory: Understanding 400 Years
of Virginia History is open at the Library of Virginia. Runs through Dec. 15.
800 E. Broad St. 804-692-3592.
http://www.lva.lib.va.us
Myth & Memory will explore how
Virginians remember and shape their history. Anchored by the 1907 and 1957
Jamestown expositions, the exhibition will examine other commemorative events,
including the centennial and bicentennial of Yorktown, Emancipation
celebrations, Confederate reunions, and local centennial events. Myth & Memory
will suggest what history is and explain how public memory reflects our
knowledge and life experiences.
Three interactive components will allow
visitors to experience Virginia history-by hearing it, creating their own
version of it, and seeing it displayed geographically. Myth & Memory will
suggest what history is and explain how public memory reflects our knowledge and
life experiences.
The Richmond Audubon Society sponsors
two exhibits at Uptown Gallery. 1305 West Main Street.
804-353-8343.
http://www.uptownartgallery.com
FOR THE BIRDS
The intent of this combined exhibit and
unusual event is to educate all ages, city wide, on the plight of birds and
wildlife, and what we as concerned citizens can do to help!
The show will run through
February 24.
The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
presents "Desire." 2880 Mountain Rd. 804-261-6200.
http://www.artsglenallen.com
This is the 2nd Annual center-sponsored jurored show opening.
Chosen from 100 entries, this mixed media exhibition of 2-D and 3-D artwork
reflects the multiple implications of desire. Juror Paul Ryan, Department Chair
of Art and Art History at Mary Baldwin College, selected the artwork on display
in regard to best use of medium.
The "In the Cause
of Liberty" exhibit at the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar is now
open. Fifth and Tredegar Sts. The Center's permanent exhibit is housed in the
1861 Gun Foundry. 804-788-6488.
http://www.tredegar.org
The Center will tell the whole story of
the conflict that still shapes our nation. The Center will explore the war’s
causes, course, and legacies through exhibits, media, programs, and our website.
Our approach is to explore this American story from three essential
perspectives—Union, Confederate, and African-American. We hope that students and
visitors will discover in the Center a new way of looking at our history that
explains much about who we are as Americans today.
The Valentine Richmond History Center
displays its newest exhibition, “Why Richmond? Richmond
Immigrants Tell Their Stories.” $10 adults; $7 students and seniors. 1015 East
Clay St.
http://www.richmondhistorycenter.com
The exhibit takes a contemporary look at
immigration in Richmond and features the photos, objects and stories of local
Richmonders and explores the topic of immigration through the eyes of those who
are living the experience. Includes viewpoints of local immigrants whose
homelands include Jordan, Ecuador, Mexico, Korea and Iraq, and explores why
these individuals came to Richmond, why they have stayed and how they have
thrived.
Randolph Macon College presents Selected
Works from the Permanent Collection of the Rocky Mount Arts Center in the Flippo
Gallery, Pace-Armistead Hall. 804-752-3018.
http://www.rmc.edu
The Rocky Mount Arts Center, founded in
1957 to provide the Rocky Mount, North Carolina community a place to learn,
practice and exhibit art, will share works from its traveling permanent exhibit.
This exceptional and varied collection consists of more than 300 works by
artists primarily from North Carolina and the Southeast, including key regional
artists such as Frances Speight, Sarah Blakeslee, Ben Owen Sr., Hobson Pittman
and Louis Orr.
The Virginia Historical Society has
opened its new $16-million education wing as well as the society's newest
long-term exhibition, Virginians at Work. 428 North Boulevard. 804.358.4901.
http://www.vahistorical.org
This long-term exhibition will tell the
story of how Virginians have made a living and why jobs have changed over time.
Focusing on people rather than on abstract principles, the exhibition follows
four broad categories: "A Colonial Economy (1600–1780)"; "A Commercial Economy
(1780–1865)"; "An Industrial Economy (1865–1945)"; and "A Service Economy
(1945–2006)."
These titles refer to the most dynamic
elements of the economy for each period. On July 22 the new wing, and this
exhibition, will be presented for the first time to the public as part of a free
open house. Enjoy guided tours and family activities as the Society celebrates
its 175th anniversary in a new Home for History.
Pamplin Historical Park presents the
exhibit “Many Thousands Go: African Americans and the Civil War.” 804-861-2408.
http://www.pamplinpark.org
Comprised of artifacts from the
Gladstone African American collection, this exciting new exhibit will tell the
story of African Americans and their role in the American Civil War, both North
and South.
The exhibit highlights the military and
civilian experiences of African Americans on both sides of the conflict during
the War. For the first three months of the exhibition, the Many Thousands Go
collection will include an original copy of the Thirteenth Amendment, one of
only three known “Senate” copies signed by Abraham Lincoln. Many Thousands Go
will be open from June 24, 2006 through May 2007.
Items on display from the Gladstone collection include a gold ring, excavated
from South Carolina’s Fort Wagner, that belonged to an African American soldier
from the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the unit celebrated in the film
Glory. There is also the surgical case and Army regulation book that belonged to
Major Alexander T. Augusta, a surgeon with the Seventh Regiment United States
Colored Troops, who became the highest ranking African American officer of the
Civil War.
The exhibition “The Confederate Navy” is
open at The Museum of the Confederacy. 1201 E. Clay St. 804-649-1861.
http://www.moc.org
The exhibit tells the story of the men,
ships, and operations of the Confederate Navy through objects, photographs, and
documents in The Museum of the Confederacy’s permanent collections and selected
loans from other museum and private collections.
Created in February 1861, the
Confederate Navy began the war with a handful of lightly armed warships
(converted from commercial vessels), materials, and shipyards turned over to it
by the seceded states. With these meager resources and with a wealth of trained
naval officers who resigned from U.S. service, the Confederate Navy created a
force capable of challenging the U.S. Navy.
The Confederate Navy’s primary
responsibilities were to break or neutralize the U.S. naval blockade of the
Southern coast and to prevent the U.S. Navy from capturing the South’s seaport
cities and controlling its inland waterways. Although the Confederate Navy
ultimately failed in its objectives, its accomplishments surprised and silenced
its critics. In the process, the Confederate Navy made historic contributions to
the worldwide revolution in naval technology.
The Library of Virginia exhibits
“Virginia Women in History.” 800 E. Broad St. 804-692-3592.
http://www.lva.lib.va.us
The 2006 Virginia Women in History panel exhibition highlights eight women—past
and present—who have made important contributions to Virginia and America. Their
occupations include writer, business executive, reformer, college president,
Rappahannock chief, computer scientist, civic leader, and media executive.
They have won Olympic Gold Medals,
perfected a computer language, started the first philanthropic institution
chartered by Congress, written books, campaigned for federal recognition of
Virginia's documented tribes, expanded opportunities for young women in sports,
founded organizations to advance women in business, transformed a small,
all-female junior college into a major university, and worked for racial
equality. These eight women remind us yet again that the history of American is
written in the footprints of Virginians.
The Virginia Historical Society hosts
“Safely Harbored: New African American Acquisitions.” 428 North Boulevard.
804.358.4901.
http://www.vahistorical.org
Sparked in the 1970s by the publication
and subsequent television broadcast of Alex Haley’s Roots, the collection and
preservation of African Americana has grown steadily ever since. Challenged by
negative stereotypes, misconceptions, and the ephemeral nature of many such
items, collectors have found in these artifacts the evidence of a history that
had long been ignored, a testament to the human spirit’s ability to overcome
adversity. The artifacts in this exhibition are recent African American
acquisitions by the VHS, safely harbored for the education and enjoyment of
future generations.
http://www.vahistorical.org/exhibits/exhibits_upcoming.htm#safely
The Virginia Historical Society presents
“Virginia's Diplomats.” 428 North Boulevard. 804.358.4901.
http://www.vahistorical.org
Virginia's Diplomats explores the
careers of Virginians who have represented the nation's interests as ambassadors
or at the Department of State, from the founding of the republic until our own
day. Among them are Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John
Marshall, John Young Mason, Thomas Nelson Page, Alexander Weddell (pictured),
Edward R. Stettinius, Walter S. Robertson, and David K. E. Bruce.
Objects and letters from the Virginia Historical Society, as well as items from
Monticello, the James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library, the College of William
and Mary, National Portrait Gallery, the U.S. Department of State, and other
institutions will illustrate the changing role played by Virginia's diplomats in
the arena of world politics and commerce. Also included are gifts to ambassadors
from foreign governments as well as objects collected abroad by the diplomats
themselves.
The Virginia Historical Society has
opened “In Jefferson's Shadow: The Architecture of Thomas Blackburn.”
Based on ink and watercolor drawings and
documents of Thomas R. Blackburn, architectural student of Thomas Jefferson,
this exhibition provides a unique insight into the little-understood practice of
architecture in the early nineteenth century. They provide an intriguing view
into the life of this distinguished builder and his mentor. As a young
carpenter, Blackburn engaged in the construction of Jefferson's "academical
village" at the University of Virginia.
He also began a program of architectural
study seemingly guided by Jefferson himself. The drawings Blackburn executed in
the ensuing decades document his emergence as the mature architect of such
important commissions as Western State Hospital in Staunton.
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